[Katkeeper]

Several things come to mind from seeing this amazing picture and reading the discusssion. First I thought of a blind bicyclist (he rides on a tandem with his wife) who I watched change a tire for another biker. The blind biker had biked across the US.

Second, I had to go for several weeks recently without drinking wine, and I am the only woman who has been President of the Wine Society of Central Pa., so that it was not easy. I found that I could still attend the wine events and enjoy them because I could smell the wine, a very important part of the whole experience. Becuase all I could do was to smell, I concentrated more strongly on the aroma, and at one large event where wineries and distributors were pouring wines, I picked out the best white wine in the room by smell alone.

Lastly, I agree completely that overcoming hardship, handicaps, poverty, abuse or whatever bad stuff life hands you makes you stronger and more focussed on what is really important.